As of late June. 30 Turks have been killed and over 100 have been wounded. The founder of the leading human rights organization in Bulgaria. Peter Malanov. was deported this spring following a series of hunger strikes. Another human rights activist. Konstantine Trenchev. has now been in prison without charge for nearly 2 months. Now. the Government has begun to forcibly expel as many as 30.000 Turks by removing them from their homes. handing them exit visas. and shipping them to the border. Witnesses report that many of those coming across the border have mattresses strapped across their backs and are carrying as many of their belongings as they can. It is described as a scene out of World War II.
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